The boys put in fine performances but sadly the script lacks the depth of what could have been a challenging story.
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10/15/07
School Ties (1992)
67 %
Reviews Counted: 36 Fresh: 24 Rotten:12 Average Rating: 5.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Synopsis: David Greene a good student and a great football player has been given the chance he has always hoped for, a prep boarding school education. A working class Jewish teenager he knows this opportunity to play ball at the academy will get him into the Ivy League university of his choice. In school,... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Chris O'Donnell, Andrew Lowery, Matt Damon, Amy Locane
Director: Robert Mandel
Reviews
Top Critic
Fraser, O'Donnell, Damon and Affleck would all go on to have much hyped careers, and occasionally make better films than this overbearingly worthy classroom drama.
10/15/07
Top Critic
More notable perhaps for a roster of future stars and Oscar winners than for its unexceptional plot, this well executed film nevertheless has its charms.
06/24/06
Top Critic
In the real world, it's more likely that Greene's working-class background would work harder against his acceptance at a snooty prep school than his religious beliefs, but School Ties largely ignores this angle.
10/15/07
Top Critic
This is a bewildering mixture of fairly accomplished storytelling, awkward contrivances in the script, and lies in the overall conception so egregious they undercut any pretensions the film might have to social seriousness.
10/15/07
Though well-intentioned as a message picture, the film is too schematic and predictable, and ultimately may be more significant in featuring a new cohort of actors, including Brandon Frazer, Chris O'Donnell, Matt Damon, and others.
10/01/06
Well-intentioned (and only occasionally mawkish) tale of college-boy anti-semitism.
04/03/05
Sensível e envolvente, o filme aborda o anti-semitismo (e o preconceito, de forma geral) através de uma história simples, mas eficaz. É surpreendente como Brendan Fraser pode ser um ótimo ator, quando assim deseja.
09/08/03
School Ties has a leafy, genteel look that is somehow less than convincing, perhaps because the hairdos are too tidy and the resemblances to other prep-school stories too clear.
05/20/03
Top Critic
A solid movie about anti-semitism that is most noteworthy because of it's now famous cast.
05/02/03
...works due mostly to some fine performances and a well-paced script.
02/16/03
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